Shreveport Plant Operations And Personnel Questions

[nthawk68]

Ya but it begins big time on September 2015 for us ELIO Owners

 

[Ty]

I'm not worried yet, though.

 

[Danno]

Thanks for all the input...makes sense that they would not move until necessary, I did read on the blog they are looking at what to keep and what to sell in the plant to make room for the new vehicle set up.

 

[Music Man]

Thanks for all the input...makes sense that they would not move until necessary, I did read on the blog they are looking at what to keep and what to sell in the plant to make room for the new vehicle set up.

Wish EVERYONE would follow the "blogs" like you do.

Might help cut down on some of the "doubt factor" that we see here every now and then.

 

[goofyone]

Thanks for all the input...makes sense that they would not move until necessary, I did read on the blog they are looking at what to keep and what to sell in the plant to make room for the new vehicle set up.

Nice job noticing that and this is actually a detail that is more important than many people may realize at first glance as that equipment they are planning to sell is actually quite valuable. Thanks to the notes from a government meeting we know that selling off the equipment they can't use in the plant could generate about $70 million which they expect to net them about $40 million after they pay off what they owe on the equipment.

http://www.elioowners.com/threads/caddo-parish-commission-may-20th-2014-meeting-minutes.1537/

 

[Stiffler]

I can't say anything for Elio or their hiring process but I used to work for Nissan as a line 'Technician' and from the date of the interview to my first day on the line was about 2.5 months. Between follow up interviews and training it was a pretty long process, but that probably won't be the case for Elio. So whenever we're sure that they're hiring, we can get an idea when production will actually start based on that. Also, I know that the entire process for each vehicle from start to finish on the line took 32 hours at 45 cars per hour average and testing took another week or so. The Elio is much simpler than any Nissan car available so I can't imagine it taking that long, but all in all we can expect the first vehicle to roll off the line about 3 - 4 months after the first hire, worst case scenario.

 

[Jeff Porter]

I can't say anything for Elio or their hiring process but I used to work for Nissan as a line 'Technician' and from the date of the interview to my first day on the line was about 2.5 months. Between follow up interviews and training it was a pretty long process, but that probably won't be the case for Elio. So whenever we're sure that they're hiring, we can get an idea when production will actually start based on that. Also, I know that the entire process for each vehicle from start to finish on the line took 32 hours at 45 cars per minute average and testing took another week or so. The Elio is much simpler than any Nissan car available so I can't imagine it taking that long, but all in all we can expect the first vehicle to roll off the line about 3 - 4 months after the first hire, worst case scenario.

Good info, thanks.

 

[Rickb]

I can't say anything for Elio or their hiring process but I used to work for Nissan as a line 'Technician' and from the date of the interview to my first day on the line was about 2.5 months. Between follow up interviews and training it was a pretty long process, but that probably won't be the case for Elio. So whenever we're sure that they're hiring, we can get an idea when production will actually start based on that. Also, I know that the entire process for each vehicle from start to finish on the line took 32 hours at 45 cars per hour average and testing took another week or so. The Elio is much simpler than any Nissan car available so I can't imagine it taking that long, but all in all we can expect the first vehicle to roll off the line about 3 - 4 months after the first hire, worst case scenario.

Also, Elio's employee base is experienced in auto manufacturing at that plant......using that equipment so training should be streamlined to the max.

 

[karl]

Things are only worth what someone is willing to pay. It cost GM millions to install but you have to look at who can make use of it today.

 

[Rickb]

Things are only worth what someone is willing to pay. It cost GM millions to install but you have to look at who can make use of it today.

Probably cost GM $140M......and only worth $70M today.......with $40M going to Elio. It sounds like they will make some money in the sale. Maybe GM will buy it back to replace worn out equipment in one of their other plants.